***PAST SIMPLE TENSE***

1. FORM
I
He/ She/ It
We
You
They
helped Jane in 1997.
didn't help


2. QUESTION
What didI
He
She
It
You
We
They
do yesterday?


3. SHORT ANSWER
a) Did Sue eat dinner?
- Yes, she did.
- No, she didn't.
b) Did you robbed the shop?
- Yes, we did.
- No, we didn't.

4. ENDINGS
Past in regular verbs ends in -ed .
If you want to use irregular verb you've got to know its past (it has no rule in changing) or see
a list of irregular verbs, part 1
a list of irregular verbs, part 2
a list of irregular verbs, part 3
a list of irregular verbs, part 4

5. USE
The Past Simple is used to expressed a finished action in the past to express actions which followed each other in a story
For exampleI went to school in the morning. Alice opened the door. She came in and looked around. The room was empty.

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